trigger-happy
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A victim of government-sanctioned culling, trigger-happy farmers and rising road traffic, by 2002 the Iberian lynx was on the verge of extinction, with just 94 cats left in their natural habitat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
It is designed to weed out the insecure and trigger-happy, the reckless hotheads with something to prove.
From Slate ● Apr. 13, 2026
Don’t get trigger-happy and sell because of headlines.
From Barron's ● Nov. 20, 2025
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem was portrayed with a melting face and a trigger-happy response to puppy dogs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2025
However, a couple of trigger-happy vedettes let off their carbines at them, yelled, "The Rebs are coming!" and galloped for the schoolhouse.
From Rebel Raider by H. Beam Piper
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